Sustainability in the Chemical Industry:

Grand Challenges and Research Needs - A Workshop Report

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Publication Year:2005

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Committee on Grand Challenges for Sustainability in the Chemical Industry, National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-9	(skim)
1. Introduction	10-18	(skim)
2. Enabling Science and Technology That Drives the Application of Sustainable Chemistry	19-40	(skim)
3. New Chemistries and Processes That Lead to Commercially Viable Alternative Feedstocks to Fossil Fuels	41-53	(skim)
4. Addressing the Energy Intensity of the Chemical and Allied Process Industry	54-66	(skim)
5. Sustainability Science Literacy and Education That Enables the Adoption of More Sustainable Practices in the Chemical Industry	67-79	(skim)
6. Conclusions and Recommendations	80-90	(skim)
Appendix A. Statement of Task	91-93	(skim)
Appendix B. Committee Biosketches	94-98	(skim)
Appendix C. Workshop Agenda	99-102	(skim)
Appendix D. Workshop Summary	103-155	(skim)
Appendix E. Summary of Workshop Breakout Sessions	156-184	(skim)
Appendix F. Workshop Speaker Biographies	185-190	(skim)
Appendix G. List of Workshop Participants	191-194	(skim)

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Through innovative design, creation, processing, use, and disposal of substances, the chemical industry plays a major role in advancing applications to support sustainability in a way that will allow humanity to meet current environmental, economic, and societal needs without compromising the progress and success of future generations. Based on a workshop held in February 2005 that brought together a broad cross section of disciplines and organizations in the chemical industry, this report identifies a set of overarching Grand Challenges for Sustainability research in chemistry and chemical engineering to assist the chemical industry in defining a sustainability agenda. These Grand Challenges include life cycle analysis, renewable chemical feedstocks, and education, among others.

Sustainability in the Chemical Industry:

Grand Challenges and Research Needs - A Workshop Report

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